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The ultimate split path, with a single regex
/**
* The ultimate split path.
* Extracts dirname, filename, extension, and trailing URL params.
* Correct handles:
* empty dirname,
* empty extension,
* random input (extracts as filename),
* multiple extensions (only extracts the last one),
* dotfiles (however, will extract extension if there is one)
* @param {string} path
* @return {Object} Object containing fields "dirname", "filename", "extension", and "params"
*/
var splitPath = function(path) {
var result = path.replace(/\\/g, "/").match(/(.*\/)?(\..*?|.*?)(\.[^.]*?)?(#.*$|\?.*$|$)/);
return {
dirname: result[1] || "",
filename: result[2] || "",
extension: result[3] || "",
params: result[4] || ""
};
};
@guillaumegarcia13
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Very useful!
Find this particular path that is not returning as expected:
\var\www\www.example.com\.hidden\index

See: https://regexr.com/3sqfe

@arlindosilvaneto
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You can use this regex for file path with full URL:

/\.(.{3})$/

@mbtools
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mbtools commented Nov 7, 2022

Finally, something that worked for me! Thank you

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